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Lanistes solidus

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Lanistes solidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Lanistes
Species:
L. solidus
Binomial name
Lanistes solidus

Lanistes solidus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

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It is found in Malawi and Mozambique.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C. (2018). "Lanistes solidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T11290A120112029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T11290A120112029.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plate 74, figures 10-11.